EVERTON will rebuff Manchester Citys second attempt to sign Joleon Lescott as they again stressed the England international is not for sale.

It emerged on Tuesday night that City were planning to make a s20m bid for Lescott yesterday after having a s15m offer dismissed 12 days ago.

That, though, has infuriated Goodison officials, who are bewildered that City want to play out their business in public rather than going through proper channels.

City are clearly doing their best to turn Lescotts head, with the publication of the vast salaries that are being paid to the players they have already signed this summer and the promise that they will more than double his current Goodison salary package.

They have aggressively chased Lescott since before the mid-season transfer window opened in